GENERAL RICARDO SANCHEZ EL

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas, GENERAL RICARDO SANCHEZ EL hosts 712 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD. That puts it 37% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Within RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD, which oversees 15 schools and 9,316 students, GENERAL RICARDO SANCHEZ EL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, GENERAL RICARDO SANCHEZ EL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (99%). That composition is broadly in line with Starr County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), GENERAL RICARDO SANCHEZ EL sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 32.7%; actual is 56.5%, +23.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Starr County indicate median household income runs about $37,639, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 31%. In all, Starr County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,900 students), of which GENERAL RICARDO SANCHEZ EL is one.

IDEA RIO GRANDE CITY ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, GENERAL RICARDO SANCHEZ EL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 44.7%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. GENERAL RICARDO SANCHEZ EL's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 729 (now 712). The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

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